The move by the government to reduce or scrap taxes on selected categories of motor vehicles will encourage economic activity and spur growth, Herbert Gatsinzi, the Ernst & Young director for tax advisory services, has said.  

The government reduced common external tariffs on motor vehicles for transport of goods with between five tonnes and 20 tonnes capacity to 10 per cent, down from 25 per cent in the 2013/14 financial year budget.

The weeklong “Hello East Africa” art exhibition, which will showcase the work of eleven of East Africa’s best artists, begins tomorrow. 

The exhibition, which ends on 28 June, will open with a reception at Umubano Hotel in Kacyiru at 6:30 p.m. There will also be an exhibition at Remera’s Beausejour Hotel.

A good number of people, including outsiders, have in the past made a few comments on our spending habits, and I wish to add my voice to theirs. 

We as Rwandans have a propensity to spend big  even when we are drawing on very meagre resources. It is obviously pleasurable to spend big  when one is earning big, but the problem arises when one has to outstretch him or herself to the limit just to feel big, to satisfy one’s ego or simply for ostentatious reasons.